About block 950,162
Bitcoin block 950,162 was mined by ViaBTC on May 20, 2026 at 1:13 AM UTC, 7 min 40 s after block 950,161. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 1,186 transactions in 0.50 MB (31.0% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0064 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1314 BTC for this block.
Block 950,162 is number 627 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 1,389 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 99,838 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 20 zeros: that is the proof of work, a number below the target that the whole network’s hashrate had to search for. ViaBTC found 97 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 25,472 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.